Sunday, December 4, 2011

Liebster Blog Award!

Allison over at Project Open Hearts recently bestowed upon yours truly the Liebster Blog Award! Basically, it's a little bit of love to bloggers with under 200 followers, started by the one of a kind Megan at This Space For Rent. (Liebster means "dearest" in German) How fun!

Here are the rules to pass this baby on:

1. Thank the giver and link back to the blogger who gave it to you. (Thanks Allison!!)

2. Reveal your top five picks and let them know by leaving a comment on their blog.3. Copy and paste the award on your blog.

4. Hope that the people you’ve sent the award to forward it to their five favorite bloggers and keep it going!

Here are 5 bloggers I would like to pass the award on to: (It was so hard to choose! I had to randomly pick to narrow the list down!)

Monday, November 14, 2011

Last night we were hanging out with G's family and his 3 year old cousin kept giving kisses to "baby Grace" and telling me how he was going to teach her to do puzzles and she would need to sit at her special table to eat (high chair) and he just went on and on.

Then he started blowing raspberries on my belly and giggling. He calls me Mussy and kept saying "Mussy, I'm gibbing baby Gwace wasbewwies". And then he'd do it again.

This is Evan -He's the reason I wanted a boy at first. He's the most precious 3 year old I've ever known and sometimes I love him so much my heart just feels like it's going to explode. He was our ringbearer in the wedding and didn't walk down the aisle, he RAN. Isn't he adorable!?!?

Thursday, November 10, 2011

Why hello there! How have you been? It's been a few weeks since we've had a chance to catch up.

We found out we are having a.... wait. I'll get to that soon.

Halloween came and went. What did you do? We carved pumpkins and they were amazing.

This was me:

I didn't carve THAT pumpkin.

We do know what that pumpkin is though.

And we have a name.

So without further ado...

****drumroll****

Yep! This mama is having a girl. It's amazing and overwhelming at the same time. And I feel like I'm carrying a piece of my mom forward into this world. No matter what I do, I've sent a little bit of her and I into this world.

We are going to name her Grace.

My friend Mrs. Jess sent me these adorable onesies for Grace.

Aren't they adorable? More updates to come soon - nursery and whatnot. I'll leave you with this stacking hen I bought!

About Me

I thought I had a normal pregnancy, until Noah was diagnosed as Severe Intrauterine Growth Restricted. A month later, I was on hospital bed rest away from my family. One month after that, Noah entered the world in a blaze of glory at 30 weeks and 3 days, 1 pound, 10 ounces. Being a NICU parent changes you in a way that profoundly changes your life and how you view the world. Our journey has been filled with many steps forward and a few big ones back, but it's also filled with hope, love and blessings. Through it all, there's HOPE. Noah has shown that although he is tiny, he is also mighty. It would be our pleasure if you would join us on our journey.